Billie Eilish Doubles Down on ‘Eating Meat Is Inherently Wrong’ Stance by Sharing Footage of Animals Suffering
"pls continue to live in a constant state of cognitive dissonance and denial," she wrote.
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Billie Eilish said what she said. After facing backlash for stating that people cannot both eat meat and claim to love animals, the pop star shared a series of disturbing footage showcasing the mistreatment of livestock in the food industry and wrote a blunt message doubling down on her position.
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Interspersed between clips of animals such as pigs and cows suffering in overcrowded enclosures and facing violence from their handlers, Eilish began by writing, “stay f–king mad at ME … i really don’t give a goddamn f–k.”
“go watch a documentary or two and some footage of what is done to the animals u claim to love and what it does to the planet u pretend to love as well,” she continued. “if that footage was hard for u to watch i encourage u to pls take a look at urself.”
The Grammy winner went on to say that she’s “so tired” of it being controversial to have “empathy for living beings,” adding, “pls continue to live in a constant state of cognitive dissonance and denial and try to convince urself that ur not living a lie.”
Eilish’s posts come shortly after she was asked in a video interview with Elle, “What’s one hill you’d die on?”
“Y’all not gonna like me for this one,” she responded at the time. “Eating meat is inherently wrong. Two things cannot coincide: ‘I love animals … and I eat meat.’ You can’t do both. You can eat meat, go for it. You can love animals. But you can’t do both.”
The comment sparked a flurry of discourse online about the verity of her stance, but clearly, Eilish isn’t budging. The hitmaker has long been an advocate for veganism, animal rights and environmentalism. She is active in mom Maggie Baird’s organization Support + Feed, which is dedicated to fighting climate change and food insecurity by increasing access to plant-based food.
The two-time Oscar winner has also prioritized cruelty-free manufacturing processes when it comes to her fashion partnerships with brands such as Nike and Gucci. “The one that was seen by the most people was getting Oscar de la Renta to stop using fur when they made me a dress for the Met [Gala],” Eilsh told Billboard in 2024.
“That was really important to me … I’ve tried to be a big advocate of no animal products in clothing, and it’s hard,” she continued at the time. “People really like classic things. I get it, I’m one of them. But what’s more important: things being original or our kids being able to live on the planet and them having kids?”
